Middle East
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EU does not recognize Golan Heights as part of Israel
Date: 2019-03-21 22:47:04 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:7859941
MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - The Spokesperson for the EU Foreign Policy Commissioner said Thursday that that the EU still doesn't recognize the territory as part of Israel. The Golan Heights, considered by Syria to be a part of its territory, was ....
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7 Palestinians wounded in Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza
Date: 2019-03-21 21:37:47 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:7859876
RAMALLAH, March 21 (MENA) – Seven Palestinians were wounded in raids carried out by the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. The seven Palestinians, who were taken to hospital, were targeted by, at least, one ....
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SDF announces end of anti-Daesh operation in Baghouz
Date: 2019-03-21 09:11:21 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7858573
DAMASCUS, March 21 (MENA) - The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized control over Baghouz town, the last Daesh stronghold in northeastern Syria. The SDF said they freed the town from Daesh militants and announced that their ....
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1 Palestinian killed, 3 wounded by Israeli gunfire in Bethlehem
Date: 2019-03-20 21:13:29 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:7858317
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday evening at a vehicle in al-Khader town, leaving a Palestinian citizen dead and three others injured at al-Nashnash Israeli military checkpoint. The murdered citizen is from Wadi ....
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Pompeo arrives in Israel to discuss regional issues
Date: 2019-03-20 17:49:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:7858129
GAZA CITY, March 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel Wednesday as part of a Middle East tour that began in Kuwait. He is set to discuss "the Iranian threat, energy and regional issues," said Haaretz newspaper. The ....
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Israeli settlers intensify their crimes against Palestinian citizens
Date: 2019-03-20 15:13:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:7857725
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Emboldened by international silence, Israeli settlers have been escalating their ethnic cleansing crimes against Palestinian people, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said. In a press release ....
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Israeli forces demolish house in southern Hebron
Date: 2019-03-20 13:07:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:7857468
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday a house in Halawa village, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. The Israeli policy of demolishing houses and preventing farmers and shepherds from reaching their ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest 11 Palestinians from WB
Date: 2019-03-20 12:23:54 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:51 - ID:7857194
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday arrested 11 Palestinians from the various governorates of the West Bank. A statement released by the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said six Palestinians were arrested from Ramallah ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry summons Hungarian envoy to protest opening trade office in Jerusalem
Date: 2019-03-20 11:32:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:7857291
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry summoned on Wednesday Hungarian Ambassador Csaba Rada to express outrage over opening a trade representation office for Hungary in Jerusalem. Assistant Foreign Minister for European ....
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Israeli troops arrest Palestinian young woman in Hebron over facebook post
Date: 2019-03-20 10:46:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:7857061
RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) - Israeli troops arrested Wednesday a Palestinian young woman in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Esraa Hammad Taha Abu Senaina, 22, was stopped by the Israeli troops at Abul Rish military checkpoint near al Haram ....